The meaning of Jebus in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

je'-bus (yebhuc; Iebous): In Judges 19:10-11, "Jebus (the same is Jerusalem)"; I Chronicles 11:4-5, "Jerusalem (the same is Jebus)." It was once thought that this was the first name of Jerusalem, as indeed might be suggested by the Biblical references, but it is now known from the Tell el-Amarna Letters that Urusa-lem was a name used centuries before the time of David (see JERUSALEM, I). It would appear probable that the name "Jebus" was evolved by the Hebrews as an alternate name, and possibly they may have imagined an earlier name, for Jerusalem from JEBUSITE (which see), the name of the local tribe who owned the district in the first centuries of Israel's occupation of Canaan.

E. W. G. Masterman

See more on the meaning of Jebus in the Bible:
Jebus {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Jebus {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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